Was Nazi Imagery Used in a Remake of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ for an Indonesian Political Ad?

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Music, especially punk and metal music, have used Nazi, Satanic, anarchist and all kinds of imagery and iconography to shock fans for years, but for a famous Indonesian Idol judge, the message is a bit muddier.

The music video below features Indonesian Idol judge and rock star Ahmad Dhani and three other singers chanting, “Prabowo-Hatta! Indonesia bangkit!” (Prabowo-Hatta! Rise up Indonesia!) to the tune of Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” It’s a campaign ad for Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, Hatta Rajasa.

The video had been up for a while but the German magazine Der Spiegel called attention to it on Tuesday (June 24) noticing that Dhani’s black uniform jacket was strikingly similar to that of infamous SS leader Heinrich Himmler.

Queen guitarist Brian May, quite obviously, was quick to distance himself from the ad, saying on Twitter, “Of course this is completely unauthorized by us.”